Gap Years

I do apologise if there is a subforum for this, but I sure as hell couldn't find.it.

What do people plan to do with their gap years if they are taking them? I am hopefully doing mine with project trust, so I shall be teachiung English in some far off place while trying furiously to learn the language. It would be great to know what other people are doing with theirs (especially if they are doing the same as me).

Hmm, I think I shall include a poll.

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Reply 1

Zapsta

Gap years sub-forum :rolleyes:

Damn!!

Hipocrit

I wish i cud take one! :tongue:

Lol... but that isn't really possible for me... oh well never mind. I hope to take one at some stage tho... maybe after uni... who knows? Is that a bad idea?

Reply 4

Hipocrit

Why cant you take one?

Reply 5

Shushi

Hipocrit

Damn!!

don't worry i used to do it all the time :redface:

Reply 6

donna1965

Hipocrit

Why cant you take one?

because i work full time . no time out for me :-(

Reply 7

*skye*

Hipocrit

Why cant you take one?

im not allowed to go travelling and such like (what I WUD do if i were to go for a gap year) cos my family think i'm too young and will get murdered/raped/abducted (delete as appplicable) *rolls eyes*

Reply 8

Pegasus

I'm not taking one if I did I would probably be temping or perhaps take a couple of months to travel but then spend the rest of the time working.

Reply 9

username10276

Im just finishing my gap yr! worked for most of it, now im takin a couple of months to rest before uni starts!!
well worth takin a yr out....just dont spend most of what you're sposed to be savin....oops :rolleyes:

Reply 10

zombie

I have a friend who's gone on a mini gap year - she left more or less straight after her last A2 exam and is coming back in two weeks or so. Sounds like a good plan to me, I'm already planning my 'mini-adventure' backpacking around Europe for 2 or so months.

Reply 11

USUK1

Working on JK's presidential campaign as a political intern

Reply 12

undiscovered

I think i'll take a year out after my degree and before i do anything else (maybe a PGCE). I'd love to teach English in a foreign country or help at a kids camp or something.

Reply 13

pedy1986

If everything goes to plan, and I manage to earn enough money I hope to do the following in my Gap Year;

Firstly I want to head off to Nepal to do some teaching over there for about 2-3 months, most probably with Teaching and Projects abroad. After that I want to stay in Nepal and complete the Everest Base Camp Trek which takes either 15 days or 21 days depending on where you get your flights from.

Later in the year I would really like to visit Borneo and do the three highest peaks there, but that all depends on my money reverses.

Reply 14

....

I've done 2 A-Levels in my gap year :tongue:

Fun!

Reply 15

happysunshine

Isn't a gap year a waste of a year? Bleh, so ambitious I just want to start work as soon as possible not delay it by an extra year. Also, there is around 2/3 months free before university which you can spend doing gap year stuff.

Reply 16

jpowell

I may do one after my first degree. Didn't want to do one straight after A-levels.

Reply 17

Sarky

happysunshine

No not at all, i worked part time for 6 months and managed to save 5K towards uni. Without that money starting uni would have been a real struggle financially. I also ended up having to resit A levels, but aside from that if i do go to uni this year i'll be financially more secure as well as having an extra year in which to mature.

It's a personal thing.

Reply 18

ThunderCat8

I am going to China for 6 months to teach English. I leave in February and I go with Gap Activity Projects. I'm so excited, will be a once in a lifetime experience. I should find out pretty soon whereabouts I am going and who my partner is going to be.

I am also learning Mandarin Chinese at the moment, and it is very very hard!

"Wo hwei shwo ee-dyar putonghua!"

That is all I can say at the moment. It means "I can speak a little bit of Mandarin!" And I believe that is true :smile: